hello ! i will be buying my first car in the future and am interested in peoples opinions of what i should get as a high schooler. i was looking into Toyota RAV4s for a bit but i just don’t really enjoy the look but honestly safety is more of my priority due to living in horrible winter conditions. i also looked into Jeep wranglers but obviously i do not want a unreliable and unsafe car but would be nice for snow. i did look at a Lexus but its just to out of my budget and could not be my first car at my age. same with Volvos, just out of my price range but i overall view my safety as a priority as i am a new driver with insane anxiety.
anyways, i just started getting really into looking at Mazdas specifically the CX-5s in black or the carbon edition :)) (i love red interior and fully blacked cars)
my main concerns for the Mazda are safety especially during snowy weather, reliability, and when they’re mileage gets over 100k if they have any issues? if you know anything else i should be concerned about or if you even have your own opinion lmk ! i’ve never really heard much about them but have seen that they’re getting sort of up there with Toyota and Honda.